[SLING-9337] sling:alias not working when alias caching enabled

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: ResourceResolver
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ben Fortuna
• Created: 06/Apr/20 23:17
• Updated: 06/Apr/20 23:17

Description

I'd like to use Sling aliases to reference the current content as follows (node is /content/wnews/articles/2020):

{
  "jcr:primaryType": "nt:unstructured",
  "title": "Articles (2020)",
  "sling:alias": "current",
  "pageSize": 7,
  "sling:resourceType": "wnews/page/article-list"
} 

So for example, the following URLs should both work:

• http://example.com/content/wnews/articles/2020.html
• http://example.com/content/wnews/articles/current.html

I've discovered that the "current" url doesn't resolved unless I disable alias caching in the Resource Resolver Factory:

 

 

I'm pretty sure this isn't a good workaround, especially as it causes other issues with redirects of URLs with no extension.

Any other possible reasons why this isn't working?

Other refs:

• https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/apache-sling-resource-alias-caching/qaq-p/169480